My 2011 truck was broken into,

Drove the truck up to Atlanta Saturday PM and went to Brunswick bowling center and parked it with a 6 x 10 enclosed trailer from 3PM - 7PM and had some fun time with my children.
The following day, I realized I was missing a laptop bag and check book bag. The thing is, I noticed when I locked my truck with the remote, it locked but did not hear the horn. There was no visible forced entry damage from the doors and windows, My son found out that the engine compartment fusebox top cover was laying on the spare battery tray and the horn fuse was pulled, which explains the absence of the horn chirp when you lock the truck and activate the alarm,

I was wondering how the thief entered the truck. Are these newer trucks easy to break into? Thanks.

A skilled thief can slide underneath the front end and trip the hood latch to the secondary latch, then open the hood and pop the horn fuse.
Then slim jim the door, start to finish less than 10 minutes.
New trucks are actually more time consuming since if you want to do the job quietly you have to pop the hood first, older trucks dont normally have factory alarms so their quieter and you only have to slim jim the door.

A skilled thief can slide underneath the front end and trip the hood latch to the secondary latch, then open the hood and pop the horn fuse.
Then slim jim the door, start to finish less than 10 minutes.
New trucks are actually more time consuming since if you want to do the job quietly you have to pop the hood first, older trucks dont normally have factory alarms so their quieter and you only have to slim jim the door.

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On the NNBS trucks, the horn will blow if the hood is opened. This assumes the user locked the doors via the remote.

Does your truck have exterior key holes? Check those closely to see if there are any scratches or any other signs of prying. A lot of trucks, including my 2001 Silverado and my dad's 2006 F-350, have been broken into that way. The thieves will use a screw driver and jam it under the key hole and unlock the door. Not sure if GM fixed that on the newer trucks.

Does your truck have exterior key holes? Check those closely to see if there are any scratches or any other signs of prying. A lot of trucks, including my 2001 Silverado and my dad's 2006 F-350, have been broken into that way. The thieves will use a screw driver and jam it under the key hole and unlock the door. Not sure if GM fixed that on the newer trucks.

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Yes my truck has exterior key holes. That was exactly the same theory the cop said about the key hole as a common access to the cab. But we did not see any scratch marks on the key hole. Once they get in, the alarm sounds off, they pop the hood and pull the horn fuse. Get what they want amd lock the truck back. When you come back to the truck, you unlock with the remote and seemed nothing happened. Then when you get off and lock the truck, there is no horn when you arm it.